It's spring here in the West, and foothill tributaries are full and flowing. Water dominates this week's #WesternWatch -- from new pipelines serving a growing Colorado Front Range to an early snowpack decline and the fallout from a polluted river. Water, of course, has always been a fraught political issue here, but will likely dominate politics, policy, and lives from here forth in the West. News out of Alaska also considers hot, dry weather, but is dominated this week by the evolution of the state budget, and attempts to determine just where the axe will fall hardest. This week, we also include a couple of links that we missed before, but were worthwhile to cite nevertheless. Happy Reading!

Energy, Environment and Resilient Rural Economies

Is international trade good for Colorado? Competing perspectives debated here, from Colorado Public Radio.

The Gold King mine spill is still playing out, in the waters and in policy.

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